79.—(1) On making application for registration of a bareboat charter ship the applicant shall specify one of the ports listed in part 1 or 2 of Schedule 2, as is appropriate, which it is intended shall be the port of choice.
(2) Where the application is made in respect of a fishing vessel, the Registrar shall, if he is satisfied that the ship in respect of which the application has been made is eligible to be registered as a bareboat charter ship, allocate a number within the vessel’s port of choice.
(3) Any ship which does not have an unique identifying number (“identifying number”) allocated by its primary register shall be allocated such a number by the Registrar.